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Samantha Motion: Three waters reform heading up a creek
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David Beck: Dear parents, please blow my inheritance
OPINION: My parents worked hard for everything they have. I don't want any of it.
'Not exactly a vote winner': Is it time to start taxing inheritances?
'Long story short we will have more old people than young people to collect tax from.'
Dawn Picken: Running legend backs vaccinations
Opinion: Running legend Anne Audain urges Kiwis to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Axed Covid contact tracing card trial cost Government almost $1m
The Ngongotahā contact tracing card trial was revealed to be more than $59k over budget.
'We're heartbroken': Decision made to can major festival
Summer event organisers nervously planning for the months ahead.
Zespri on full alert as China finds Covid on a fruit sample
Zespri taking matter "extremely seriously".
Luke Kirkness: MIQ decision shows what can be achieved by a community united
Opinion: We've seen what can be achieved when we work together. Let's do it again.
'A high personal price': Why Bay teachers and principals are quitting
Former teachers and principals are speaking out about why they left the profession.
Letters: Cruise ship solution to lack of MIQ availability
Our readers have their say.
Nearly 50mm of rain: Power outages as weather hits BOP
It has been a wet and windy start to the day in the Bay of Plenty.
Winner, winner: Whakatāne Lotto player in the money
Powerball was not struck and has rolled over to $16 million.
One in five Bay Māori now fully vaccinated
Māori vaccination rates in the Bay of Plenty are behind the national figure.
Museum chock-a-block with... blocks
Spike has created more Lego creations during lockdown.
Man admits inciting hostility towards Māori in video
A Pāpāmoa Beach man has admitted posting a video online inciting racial disharmony
'A long rolling kind of experience': Bay Kiwis in Melbourne react to 5.9 earthquake
Kiwis from the Bay of Plenty say Melbourne's buildings rocked and rolled.
More MIQ for Rotorua now 'unlikely' given local pushback - Hipkins
The community has spoken and the Government now says added MIQ in Rotorua is unlikely.
We'll be there: Customers eager to support bakery hit by Covid scare
Uppercrust Bakery was named a location of interest.
Rain and wind pound region, weather watches in place
MetService has issued wind and rain watches.
'It is a difficult time for all kids': Practice exams under way in Tauranga
A Bay principal says some students are "struggling with anxiety" post lockdown
Luke Kirkness: New Zealand is the land of opportunities
Opinion: Let's not waste all our good work and get ready to reap the rewards.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers have a say on rising building costs in Tauranga
Have your say by going to bayofplentytimes.co.nz and becoming a Premium subscriber.
Life on the frontlines of the vaccination rollout
Meet the nurses on the frontlines of the vaccination rollout.
'A feather in our cap': Black Clash heading to Bay Oval
Last year's Black Clash in Christchurch sold out and was viewed by 1,057,000 Kiwis on TV.
Squatters, overcrowding products of Tauranga's housing shortage
'No clear answers' to Tauranga's housing shortage and affordability crisis, says council.
Zizi Sparks: Tighten Auckland border or risk a larger outbreak
Opinion: The border seems to be leaking like a sieve
Letters: SH2 decision shows Govt letting councils down
Our readers have their say.
'A disaster': Why the costs of building a new home in Tauranga are skyrocketing
Some builders, contractors and homeowners have 'walked away' from new builds.
Gathering cap rise a positive step, business leaders say
The alert level 2 rules will be changed to allow a maximum of 100 people to gather inside.
Pāpāmoa man wows locals with giant mandala on sand
Those walking up Mauao were treated to a spectacular view at the weekend.
Jo Raphael: This is what I'm grateful for amid the pandemic
OPINION: Gratitude is about looking outward rather than inward.
Matt Cowley: Vaccinate to get our freedoms back
Opinion: More people fear hard lockdowns than the risk of catching the virus itself.
Pūrākau O Mauao: Otūmoetai College students put in the work to share local legend
The Otūmoetai College students have been working all year to create Te Pūrākau O Mauao.